Boeing Starliner spacecraft could wait months before return, but officials say astronauts aren’t stranded
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/boeing-starliner-spacecraft-could-wait-months-before-return-but-officials-say-astronauts-aren-t-stranded/ar-BB1p5b14?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Posted by Yogurt_Up_My_Nose
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lets see how divided this sub is with real news vs news they like.
We should ask the astronauts how they feel about their safe return to Earth do they trust Boeing? What if a door falls off? Boing
Dont’ worry, there’s another spacecraft company that can go get them…
They sound stranded
Sounds like politician speak to say “they are stranded.”
I thought SpaceX was going to send up a Crew Dragon to get them?
They are taking an extended vacation in space compliments of BA and their DEI programs.
Rip poor souls
Space Uber to the rescue.
They just live in space now, this is fine.
They are indeed stranded
If a whistle blows in space, does it even make a sound?
Ya, ok. 👍
Is Boeing going to send contract killers to space to kill any witnesses?
There are two other capsules there how can they be stranded?
> Today NASA contracted with SpaceX to deorbit the Boeing Starliner along with the ISS…
This is what we’ll probably read in a few months.
Their current CEO should have been on that flight. Dude is adding nothing to society.
If I run out of gas, and someone brings me gas in twenty minutes; I was stranded for twenty minutes.
I’ve also been saying it on this sub when every regard posts these sensationalist headlines. The ISS always has a Soyuz docked that can be used at any time, and any commercial supply or manned missions do not mean that the regular Soyuz missions to the ISS stop, which by the way is regularly supplied. They’re not stranded.
According to Boeing, Starliner is safe for return travel. The issue is with the thrusters attached to the service module which is separate from the capsule. This part separates and burns up on re-entry, so they cannot test it on the ground to see what is malfunctioning. But they can carry out ground tests and see if any solutions that worked on the ground work in space, hence the extra time in orbit.
There are worse things than spending time in space at the ISS.
Safe or not, it’s really embarrassing. It seems like everything Boeing works on these days is riddled with failure. People no longer want to fly on 737 MAX-9 planes out of fear. Boeing can’t get the MAX 7 or 10 in customers hands, most likely (this is speculation) because they open themselves up for lawsuits until the problems with the 9 are resolved. The 787 is still having QA issues. The 777x should have been in customers hands by now and it’s not carrying passengers until at least 2026. Some of that is engine issues with a supplier. Boeing military is rife with project delays, cost overruns and losing money on fixed price contracts.
Where do the astronauts shit? They throw it out a window?
I think it’s there in case they need to bail everybody from the ISS in case of an EMP, but I’m just speculating.
**Adjusts tin foil hat**